SignText license opinions

[GerardM]

Hoi,
When it comes to licenses, it is very much what you want to achieve as an
organisation. When the aim is to have as many people adopt the SignText
functionality, the BSD license will give other people / organisations the
most options. It may mean that they take the code and run with it without
giving anything back. This is what the GPL prevents.

I do not understand why you would not opt for the latest version of the GPL
if you choose the GPL.

Thanks,
    Gerard

On Nov 5, 2007 10:22 PM, Steve Slevinski <slevin at signpuddle.net> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> Several people have recently approached me about releasing the SignText
> source code under an open license so that they can modify it and include
> it in other applications.  I think it's an interesting idea.
>
> SignText has proven to be effective for writing and editing.  I'm
> working on a new SignText that will be more powerful, but the basic
> ideas are the same.
>
> I think it would be a great idea if other applications copied the
> SignText ideas.  What better place to start than the original SignText.
> It could be integrated into Wikipedia, Omniwiki or any other online tool.
>
> If someone knew how to use SignText, they could use SignWriting online
> with all of these tools without learning a new writing technique.
>
> I'm not sure what license would be best for the SignText code.  I'm
> thinking either GPL v2 or BSD.  Any opinions?
>
> This would need to be a coordinated release with the ISWA (IMWA
> successor) under the Open Font License.  We also would need an open
> standard for SignText markup language.  The current SWML-S is usable but
> cluttered and incomplete.  We'd need a STML v1 for straight
> SignWriting.  And a STML v2 for color, size and the inclusion of
> Unicode, graphics and linking.
>
> The biggest negative would be the time required to get this ready which
> would take time away from my current SignPuddle development.
>
> However, the biggest positive would be we might see SignWriting start to
> pop up all over the web.
>
> Thoughts, opinions?
>
> Regards,
> -Steve
>
>
>
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